(Anne, I'm diverting a bit here, from your post, sorry, )

thanks for that. I'll go check out the plethora of info when I get time.

But here now with the rest........theres a problem! #
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Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family. Takes pleasure in few, if any, activities and rarely experiences strong emotions

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(funnily enough, I suspect some kinds of schiziods get frequenly hooked in with N.s the reasons would take some time to explain, and I'm still discovering them. )
these quotes and others like it are a result of the professionals gettin it totally wrong! This has been countered by the prof I've been reading, and what he says fits my expereince deeply. Its not as simple as these DSM type statements say, and its tragic that poeple think like this about schiz poeple, because I believe it results in so many missed opportunities for healing and for real communication. Its not your fault, and I dont mean to be offensive, its just really just not like that, not from the inside, most people dont realise.

Its something like living in a different reality than others. And as our reality doesnt match, we soemtimes give up and float off.......... but deeply long to be understood and part of and belong.. Only tragically, there is the danger of so deeply giving up that some of us go beyond, sort of seemingly going beyond reach.
But thanks for the info,thanks2: Ill follow it up if I can.

warm regards, riverx :